Bumblebee Economics
A brilliant introduction to insect and plant ecology, this book focuses on one of nature's most adaptive creatures, the bumblebee. Survival for the bumblebee depends on its ability to regulate body temperature, and Heinrich addresses this management of energy resources in his discussions of...
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A brilliant introduction to insect and plant ecology, this book focuses on one of nature's most adaptive creatures, the bumblebee. Survival for the bumblebee depends on its ability to regulate body temperature, and Heinrich addresses this management of energy resources in his discussions of physiology, behavior, and ecological interaction.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780674016392 (0674016394)
Publish date: November 30th 2004
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Pages no: 288
Edition language: English
This book is a very clear description of a simply mind-boggling amount of work, and a very impressive background knowledge. I appreciate that making the explanations sound like common sense is a deceptively difficult thing to do. This book certainly makes me want to start watching bumblebees and exa...